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Column
Why overseas Koreans don’t vote
NEW YORK ― The upcoming Korean presidential election is a big deal ― and an even bigger one for Koreans overseas, or so we’re told. As it will be the first-ever presidential election allowing Korean citizens living abroad to vote, the ballot ― to be held in December ― is…
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Society
China, Great Wall, and Korea
Benedict Anderson, in the important work on nationalism entitled “Imagined Communities,” discusses the use of media and other symbols and technologies to create nationalism in the 19th century. Just as we know the Great Wall’s “new segments” are a particular extension of China’s nationalist project, other nations have used similar…
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East Asia
Ndi Egwuregwu okwu Nke Koria Merili Ndi Egwu okwu Nkem Great Britain
Ndi egwuregwu okwu nke Koria na nke Great Britain ga azo okwa echiechi imara ndi gabaye na uhere nkem izo maka ola edo na olimpiks nkem enwere na London. Ndi Great Britain gbara ndi mbu na mgbakota ha nkem anokpor group A. Ndi Koria gbara ndi abuo na mgbakota ha…
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South East Asia
Indonesia : SMTown’s World Tour ticket sales start this Friday
Major News in <The Jakarta Post> : SMTown’s World Tour ticket sales start this Friday Korean pop (K-pop) lovers would be able to book tickets for the upcoming SMTown Live World Tour III from this Friday in Jakarta, local promoters announced on Monday. The concert will feature major Korean artists,…
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Society
Amb. Oh Joon: Korea Needs to open and connected to world
Oh Joon, Korean Ambassador to Singapore, said that Korea needs to emulate Singapore in opening up and getting connected to the world. In an exclusive interview with The AsiaN, he noted that both Korea and Singapore have come a long way from their penury ridden stature in the sixties (60s) to this…
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Society
Tourists from North America Die in Vietnam
Cathy Huynh was a Canadian teacher who taught in Korea died mysteriously from food poisoning. You can contribute to www.gofundme.com/z81i8 to help send her body back home. Kari Joy Bowerman was an American teacher teaching in Korea. You can contribute to her funeral costs at www.giveforward.com/karisarmy. Both were close friends.…
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World
40 Turkish generals forced to retire for plotting coup
Turkey’s Supreme Military Council forced all of the forty generals and admirals who are currently under arrest as part of ongoing coup investigations to retire in its annual decisions announced on Saturday. The YAŞ meeting concluded on Friday and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President Abdullah Gül, along…
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IT-Science
Researchers Cheer At Curiosity’s Safe Landing On Mars
In a photo provided by NASA, the Mars Science Laboratory team in the MSL Mission Support Area reacts after learning the the Curiosity rover has landed safely on Mars and images start coming in at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Mars, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 in Pasadena, Calif. The MSL…
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West Asia
An Israeli Bombing Victim Receives Medical Treatment
Palestinian medics treat a seriously wounded man following Israeli aerial bombing in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 5, 2012. An Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian militant and seriously injured another in Rafah, medical sources and witnesses said Sunday. <Xinhua/Khaled Omar> news@theasian.asia
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Business
Generic Viagra market overheated
The domestic pharmaceutical industry is struggling with the fallout of the American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer’s setback in the domestic anti-impotence drug market. Nearly 50 kinds of Viagra generics from 28 companies have flooded the market following an Intellectual Property Tribunal’s ruling in May that Pfizer’s patented rights to use sildenafil,…
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